The Indonesian Film Festival has returned to Melbourne Town and Budhe has just gone to see a showing - a restored copy of a musical from 1956 called "Tiga Dara". The plot! A widower in Jakarta in the 1950s lives with his mother-in-law and three daughters - Nunung, Nana and Neni. Nunung has just turned... Continue Reading →

Indonesians are huge users of online services - at least, those who can afford a smartphone and access to mobile data. And it is mobile data - I don't ever see much advertised in terms of home broadband-type services, but oh, my god... mobile internet is huge. HUGE. Budhe is an old woman, she sticks... Continue Reading →

I really started noticing street art in Yogya flourishing around 2005/2006 - after the political upheaval of reformasi and the city needing to rebuild itself and its spirit after the earthquake in 2006. It's one of those things that really does make Yogya feel like a spiritual twin to Melbourne. This is a 21 minute long... Continue Reading →